Catholicism is not creationism
It is wrong and discriminatory to assume that religion is a barrier to聽academic or professional excellence, says Felipe聽Fern谩ndez-Armesto
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A cooperative university must ensure high standards
Rigour, hierarchy and payrolls are not incompatible with an聽anti-managerial, democratic and grades-free approach, says Eliane Glaser
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The new REF rules could end game-playing 鈥 but only if we let them
The 2021 research excellence framework could be more representative and humane than ever, but the devil will be in the implementation, says James Wilsdon
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A little light reading for hard times
Amid all the doom and gloom, to which self-help books can academics turn for some cheer?
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So long, Montreal: Leonard Cohen鈥檚 classmate on McGill and the musician
As the first anniversary of the singer-songwriter鈥檚 death passes, his childhood friend Kenneth Asch reflects on the place of both the institution and the musician in Quebec鈥檚 fractured cultural mosaic
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What are you reading? 鈥 30 November 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Why Dylan Matters, by Richard F. Thomas
Book of the week: A classicist reveals the poetic artistry of a song and dance man who explores the human heart, writes Tom Palaima
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Laurie Taylor 鈥 30 November 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton.聽Finem respice!
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Collaboration and competition: essential for research
In the rivalry to make the next scientific breakthrough, collaboration is key. But the UK鈥檚 post-Brexit course only undermines its competitive standing
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UK should keep well out of Sorbonne plans
The article 鈥淐ould EU鈥檚 鈥楤ologna聽2.0鈥 vision leave UK behind?鈥 (News, 23 November) describes plans to further integrate higher education across the European Union. If the 鈥淪orbonne Process鈥 is to...
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Betwixt, between
In his leader 鈥淯nmoved by invisible hands鈥 (23聽November), John Gill discusses Lord Willetts鈥 views on the market and UK higher education. However, the trouble is that we have neither a genuine state...
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Language laziness
Re 鈥淲hy teaching in English may not be such a good idea鈥 (Opinion, 22 November).聽 Teaching in English in a non-English-speaking country is about two things: attracting high--spending international...
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Dandridge鈥檚 myopia
In your news article 鈥淚n mission to protect students, OfS will be 鈥榯ough and rational鈥欌 (News, 16聽November), you report Nicola Dandridge, the incoming chief executive of the Office for Students, as...
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Unbridled spirits
In his review of Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London, by Angus McLaren (Books, 23聽November), Clive Bloom writes that 鈥溾he Mayfair men finally atoned for...